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    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2025-71239",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-02-18T14:25:13.845Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-03-17T09:11:03.386Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:57:01.981Z"
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\naudit: add fchmodat2() to change attributes class\n\nfchmodat2(), introduced in version 6.6 is currently not in the change\nattribute class of audit. Calling fchmodat2() to change a file\nattribute in the same fashion than chmod() or fchmodat() will bypass\naudit rules such as:\n\n-w /tmp/test -p rwa -k test_rwa\n\nThe current patch adds fchmodat2() to the change attributes class."
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                            "version": "7.0",
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91e27bc79c3bca93c06bf5a471d47df9a35b3741"
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                },
                {
                    "url": "https://www.bencteux.fr/posts/missing_syscalls_audit/"
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